|  christen 
  
 
 administer baptism to
 - The parents had the child baptized
 • Syn:
 baptize, baptise
 • Derivationally related forms:
 christening, baptism (for: baptise), baptism (for: baptize)
 • Hypernyms:
 name, call
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 - Somebody ----s somebody something
 - They christen him "Bobby"
 
 
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